Inhaler for treating sinus and hay fever and method of sealing a medicament therein



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Patented Feb. 22,l 1949 INHALER FOR FEVER AND DICAMENT THEREIN Glen Teeple Davisson, El Paso, Tex. Application April 30, 1945, Serial No. 591,152

7 Claims.

My invention relates to manner and means for treating hay fever, sinus trouble and similar The apparatus used consists of a tubular vessel or inhaler made of any unbreakable material, preferably a plastic, and of suitable size for carrying in the pocket ready for immediate use and the invention further relates to the method of injecting and sealing a medicaament in said inhaler.

This inhaler is intended when filled with the medicine to be applied to the nostrils of the nose for inhaling the fumes from4 the evaporating medicine which will take immediate effect on the inflamed parts of the nostrils and the passages therefrom.

One of the main objects of this invention is the particular manner by which the inhaler is loaded or, in other words, the method of injecting the medicament for evaporation in powder` form in the inhaler proper or inner container provided with a iilter and then closing the same to prevent the powder particles escaping therefrom when not in actual use.

The powder is iiltered through the lambs wool, and when inhaler is used, all of these vlittle particles release a small portion of gas, which makes sufficient amount of gas for effective inhalation; whereas, if it were in there solidily, only the top would release a very small amount of gas and no air would be able to come up from the vents at the base of the inhaler.

This and other features will be clear from reading the following description of the invention with the aid of the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is an exterior View the inhaler;

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an axial section along line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is an axial section similar to Figure 3 showing the manner of injecting the medicament in the inner container.

The medicament used is sodium hypochlorite which contains approximately 2 grams of hypochlorite with 70% available chlorine, or other similar purifying chlorine mixture which liberates the chlorine gas. By the use of a funnel top glass tube around which is wound tightly ne lambs wool to fill the space in the container, this tube filled with powder is pushed into said container, whereupon the wool so inserted is filled with the medicament as much as it can hold,

or side elevation of transverse section along line 4-4 (Cl. 12S-200) TREATING SINUS AND HAYY METHOD 0F SEALING A ME- when the glass tube is withdrawn, the open end -supplied at its open end, while its closed end,

Figures 1 and 3, terminates with a semi-spherical portion I2. Its exterior is here indicated smoothfaced, but may be rifled. The walls are oi uniform thickness and smooth-faced inside, while at the exact center of its spherical end is shown a small wart, teat or inwardly extending central tapered projection I3 which forms a closure for the narrow aperture I4 atthe apex of the inhaler proper l5 or inner container for the medieine.

At the filler end of the container I5 is provided a plug I6 tting tightly in the slightly tapered portion I'I of the otherwise cylindrical chamber I8 of the container I5, and two or more air vents I9 are indicated through its wall at the tapered portion. The filler end of the container I5 has a knurled'head 20 with a shoulder abutting against the casing flange Il when the con'- tainer is screwed in tight in the casing IIJ, by means of the threads 2l just under the head 20. The inhaler end of the container tapers gradually as at 22 from the cylindrical chamber I8 to the inhaler aperture I4. In order to permit easy assembling of the container I5 in the casing Il) a narrow space is provided between their adjacent surfaces as at 23.

In Figure 5 is indicated the method of injecting the medicament in powder or liquid form in the container I5. This is done by the use of a narrow tube 24 oi the glass, porcelain, metal or plastic material and long enough to reach to the bottom of the container while its funnel-shaped top 25 remains outside.

By holding the tube 24 in the hand the dry absorption material, preferably soft lambs wool 21, is wrapped tightly around the tube 24 sufriciently thick to iill the chamber I8. Wrapped in this manner the tube with the wool is pushed into the chamber I8, and lled with powder or liquid. This done, the tube is withdrawn from the container, leaving the powder in the bore through the wool previously occupied by the tube 24, to lter through the wool or leaving only the wool therein lled with the medicament. The

medicament may be in either powder or liquid form.

The ller end of the container I5 is then sealed by the insertion of the stopper or plug I6, whereupon the inhaler is ready for immediate application by following such directions as these printed on the inhaler:

Remove casing from inhaler and insert in nostril, inhaling from one to four times keeping nostrils closed. Do not use more than eight times during each 24 hour period. The deepness of inhaling depends on each individual.

The benefits and advantages claimed are, vthe inhaler is small and easily carried in pocket or purse and use of the content by inhaling .is'efficacious, in the treatment of sinus, hay fever and other nasal discomforts and infections, A'is superior to nose packs and irrigation .by use of nose drops, and it relieves hacking coughs, etc.

Suitable dimensions o'f the inhaler are approximately 31/2 inches over al1 length of the assemvbled device, inch outsidediameter of the container I5 `and y3A inch outside diameter of the casing I0.

head 20 closing the casing opening. No escapel'of :is

gas is thus possible since the -vents I9 open only 'into the space 23 which has thusfalso been sealed.

Itis to be understood that the invention as 'here disclosed is not limited to thel details "here described and shown but that the same may be varied without departing :from the :spirit of the 'invention as dened by the subjoined claims.

1. A method -of injecting andsealin'g amedicament in a container, which consists in rst wrap- -ping tightly an absorbent material 4around' a tube, :then inserting the .thus wrappeditubefin said container, then lling said tube with the medicavment and withdrawing vthe tube, leaving the medicament in said material and nally sealing -both inlet and outletvends of the container.

2. A method of injecting and sealingramedicament `in a container, which consists in first `wrapping tightly lambs Wool around a. tube, then inserting the thus wrapped tube in said container, 1 l

then filling the tube with the medicament While Wrapped by the lambs wool and positioned in the .container in spaced relation t0 the lower end thereof and withdrawing the tube, leaving the lambs wool lle'd with the powdered medicament in said container and finally sealing both inlet and outlet ends of the container.

3. A method of injecting and sealing a poW- dered medicament in a container, which consists in first wrapping tightly lambs rwool around a '-2 tube, then inserting the thus wrapped tube in said container, and packing it downthereingthen nlling lsaid tube with the 'medicament and Withdrawing the tube, leaving the lilled lambs wool in said container and the medicament in-the bore i in the wool previously occupied by the tube and formed by withdrawing the tube, to filter through the wool and nally sealing both inlet and outlet ends of the container.

4. A method of injecting and sealing a medicament in a container, which consists in rst wrapping tightly lambs Wool around a tube, then inserting the thus wrapped tubeinsaidcontainen fand'fpacking it down therein, r'then ylte'ring and soaking said woolwith themedicament through the tube and withdrawing the tube, leaving the soaked lambs Wool in said container and the .medicament in thebore in the wool previously oc- -cupied bythe 'tube and formed by withdrawing 'the tube, to flter Athrough the wool and ilnally sealing .both inlet and outlet ends of the container, by means of a plug at its inlet end and screwing 'in the lcontainer into a forwardly closed outercasing.

5. A method of injecting and sealing a medica.- mentV in acontainer having anpinlet end andan outlet end, 'which 'consists in 4first wrappingtightly :an Vabsorbent material around thestemoflafi'unlnel, then Ainsertin'gthe thus wrapped stenrinsald container to a p'oi'nt'spaced fromthebottomimt- -let end thereof,'thenfilling saidfunneland stem w'ith themedicam'ent and `withdrawingtthe Tun,- nel'leav'ing 'the medicament in'the'material. L 6. A methodof injecting'and sealing a'medicament in a container having an'inle't entitaxiin outletend,whichconsistsinfirstwrapping'tightly an absorbent material around ithe sternk of 'a funnel, then inserting the thus =wrappedrstem 4insfiid Vcontainer to a pointspaced I'from the'bottorn-'outlet end thereof, then llinglsaidunnl andstem with the medicament and withdrawing fthe iunne1 'leaving the medicament lin the material 'and nnally sealing both inlet and outlet ends or the container.

"7. A method lof injecting 'and 4sealing afpowdered medicament in-aicontainer having/a large fopen inlet end-and a smalllopeningat its outlet end, which-:consists in "rst -wrappin'gtightly an absorbent material around .faftuba 'theniinserting vthe vthus wrapped tube in :said :container to a.

point #spaced Cfrom the foutlet 1:end ithereof, then filling said tube Awith themowderedLmedioament withdrawing .tlie `tube, to cause dischargers! .the medicament therefrom into Ilthei'naterial, fleaumg `thefme'dicamentizi the-space irrthe materialm- -viously occupied by :said :tube rand .the :material in the container,randaflnallyssealingbothzinlet and loutletfenrls'ofthe container.

eGLE'N 'IEEPLE .DAl/TISSON.`

.REEEREN CES .CITED The following references, are of record inlithe le of this patent:

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